Juice-extracting press.



Ru 1 9 1 6 1 .hM e F d 6 t H e t a P A. STEINBAGH.

JUICE EXTRAGTING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.15,1913.

THE NORRIS PETERS c0 PHoro-L|THu.. WASHIN ADOLCE'I'I STEINBACH, OF LONG- BEANCH, NE'W JERSEY.

JUICE-EXTRACTING PRESS.

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Application filed February 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Anonrri STEINBACH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Long Branch, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Juice-Extracting Presses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide certain improvements in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts of a press used for extracting juices from meats, fruits, etc., whereby the parts may be very readily assembled and disassembled and in which the parts are conveniently located for use.

A further object is to provide perforate and imperforate false bottoms for the jar so as to render the press applicable for effective use in connection with various materials.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents the press in top plan, applied to a table or other suitable support. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the press, the support therefor being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a section taken in the planes of the line i k-14 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a section taken in the plane of the line BB of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of a portion of the jar supporting bracket, showing more clearly the means for interlocking the jar to the bracket against rotary movement therein.

The table or other support is denoted by 1. The jar for containing the material from which juice is to be extracted, is denoted by 2, and its perforate bottom by 3, and it is provided with a peripheral flange 4 at its top, from which flange ears 5 and 6 project outwardly at diametrically opposed points. Beneath these ears 5 and 6, lugs 7 and 8 are formed on the jar 2, said lugs serving as a means for locking the janto its supporting bracket against rotative movement when inserted into the same, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The inner walls of the jar at its mouth are preferably made flaring, as shown at 9, to facilitate the entrance of the plunger 10, which plunger is carried by the shank 11 of a hand screw 12, provided with a suitable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915..

Serial No. 748,623.

handle 13. The shank 11 of this hand screw 12, has a screw-threaded engagement with a yoke 14, the arms 15 and 16 of which rest upon the ears 5 and 6 of the jar. The ends of the arms 15, 16, of the yoke 14, are provided with swinging latches 17, 18, hinged to the said arms at 19, 20. These latches 17, 18, are arranged to be swung down over the ears 5 and 6 of the ar to re movably secure the yoke 14 to the said jar.

The outer ends of these arms 15, 16, of the yoke are provided with curved surfaces 21, 22, concentric with the axes of the latches 17, 18, so that when the plunger 10 is in a position exterior to the jar 2, the yoke 14 may be swung back out of the way with its plunger 10 in either direction according to the latch which is released from its engagement with the jar. The yoke with its plunger and screw may be easily removed bodily by an upward movement irrespective of the position of the plunger 10, within or without the jar, by releasing both of the latches 17, 18.

The supporting bracket 23 is provided with a laterally extended base 24 adapted to rest upon the top of the table or other support 1. The bracket is further provided with an arm 25 arranged to project beneath the table or other support 1, which arm forms a support for a clamping screw 26 provided with a shoe 27 arranged to bear against the bottom of the table or other support 1, opposite the extended base 24. The bracket 23 is provided with an overhanging arm 28, in the form of a ring, adapted to receive the jar 2 therethrough, the flange 4 of which jar rests upon the said ring. This ring is provided with notches 29, 30, for receiving the lugs 7 and 8 of the jar to lock the jar within its supporting bracket against rotative movement. The bracket 23 is so shaped as to support the jar 2, vertically with the bottom of the jar a sufficient distance above the table or other support 1, to permit the ready insertion of a receptacle beneath the jar to receive the juice expressed from the material within the jar.

To render the press suitable for various uses, I provide false bottoms therefor. T have shown one false bottom 31 as perforate, the perforations being smaller in diameter than the perforations in the bot tom 3 of the jar, and l have shown another false bottom 32 as imperforate. I provide means, such as a screw 33 for securing either I Copies of this patent may be obtained for or all of the removable false bottoms to the bottom of the jar. It is to be understood that false bottoms of any character may be introduced into the jar to suit different requirements.

It will be seen that the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts of the press shown and described herein, permit the ready insertion and removal of the jar without disturbing the plunger and its yoke; it also permits the ready attachment and removal of the plunger and yoke or the partial removal of the plunger and yoke, if so desired. The removability of the jar without disturbing the plunger and its yoke permits any juice which has been forced past the plunger to be poured from the jar.

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shown and described, but

What I claim is 1. In a juice extracting press, a jar havin its bottom integral therewith and perforated, a removable false bottom for said jar and means for securing the false bottom in position.

2. In a juice extracting press, a jar having its bottom integral therewith and perforated, a removable false bottom for said jar, and a screw for securing the false bottom to the jar bottom.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses, this fourteenth day of February 1913.

ADOLPH STEINBAGH.

Witnesses:

F. Gnonon BARRY, HENRY C. THIEME.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

